Lawrence JOHNSON

1849 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Lawrence JOHNSON
  Birth	28 Sep 1849
  Gender	Male
  _UID	55092F94471041388CED945328F3BB5C83B0
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I5981	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	Lawrence JOHNSON,   b. 23 Jan 1801, , Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England d. 26 Apr 1860, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Mary WINDER,   b. 18 Jun 1814, , Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Feb 1877, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1837	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Philler GAW,   b. 31 Jul 1850   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Millicent Gaw JOHNSON   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

• Notes

  Lawrence JOHNSON, seventh child of Lawrence and Mary (WINDER) JOHNSON, was born in Philadelphia, September 28, 1849, and was educated at private schools there and at Princeton University. In 1868 he began his business career as a clerk in the shipping house of Isaac Hough & Morris, where he remained for about two years. On coming of age in 1870 he began business for himself, under the firm name of Lawrence JOHNSON & Company, shipping and commission merchants and foreign bankers, which business he has since followed. On November 21, 1891, he was elected a director of the Philadelphia National Bank, and he is also a director of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, the Insurance Company of North America, and the Philadelphia Warehouse Company. He married, December 6, 1877, Louisa Philler GAW, daughter of Henry L. GAW, of Philadelphia. They have one child, Millicent Gaw JOHNSON, born November 22, 1884.

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Robert Winder Johnson, Winders of America, (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1902), Chart III (Reliability: 3).